5 h. ago Ungrateful locals on Guernsey reveal they reasons they prefer French tourists to Brit holidaymakers

Guernsey has experienced an unprecedented influx of French tourists who they claim are far more desirable due to their deep pockets and polite attitude.

Politics

4 d. ago UK tourists issued update on French air traffic control strikes

Ryanair previously warned it would be forced to cancel hundreds of flights

Society

1 week ago Is there such a thing as a ‘problem shark’? Plan to catch repeat biters divides scientists

Some experts think a few sharks may be responsible for a disproportionate number of attacks. Should they be hunted down?First was the French tourist, killed while swimming off Saint-Martin in December 2020. The manager of a nearby water sports club raced out in a dinghy to help, only to find her lifeless body floating face down, a gaping wound where part of her right thigh should have been. Then, a month later, another victim. Several Caribbean islands away, a woman snorkelling off St Kitts and Nevis was badly bitten on her left leg by a shark. Fortunately, she survived.Soon after the fatal incident in December, Eric Clua, a marine biologist at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris, got a phone call. Island nations often ask for his help after a shark bite, he says, “because I am actually presenting a new vision I say, ‘You don’t have a problem with sharks, you have a problem with one shark.’” Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Former Paris resident reveals the hidden spots to take the best pictures of the Eiffel Tower

You'd be hard pressed to find a tourist in the French capital who hasn't spent some time posing in front of the iconic construction, hoping to get the perfect angle.

Politics

2 w. ago What is chikungunya virus? French holiday hotspot hit with over 100 cases amid warning to tourists

UK health authorities have urged people to take precautions against mosquito bites when travelling

Events

2 w. ago Holidaymakers gobsmacked by 'infuriating' driving rule they found in Greece

A French tourist was left fuming after they realised that they had to adhere to a certain 'infuriating' traffic rule in Greece or risk a fine - and people quickly agreed with her

Politics

2 w. ago Brit who moved to Lanzarote reveals the holiday hotspot's 'biggest tourist problem' and urges holidaymakers to stop doing it as it's 'ruining' the island

David Gainford, better known online as Mr TravelON, is now based in the Canary Islands and shares his thoughts on tourism in the region.

Politics

3 w. ago Benidorm Brit holidaymaker 'strangled her friend with vacuum cleaner lead'

A British tourist on holiday in Benidorm has been arrested after she allegedly strangled to death a female pal also from the UK using a vacuum leaner lead as the pair argued

Politics

3 w. ago UK tourists warned of new strike dates as French air traffic control industrial action delayed

Staff had planned to walk out this week but the strikes have been postponed until October

Events

4 w. ago Is Cornwall getting its comeuppance? Residents complained tourists turned their seaside towns into 'hell on earth'... but now visitor numbers have plummeted to lowest for a DECADE

Despite £2billion being injected into their economies every summer, residents have moaned that holidaymakers were a 'nightmare' and made their communities ' hell on earth'.

Society